Hard Drive about to die, need help!


  1. bumxbum
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    Windows 7 Pro 64
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    Hard Drive about to die, need help!


    I've noticed during the past week that my Hard Drive has been making funky noises and refuses to turn on at times. I feel it is getting close to its expiration date and can die on me any day now.

    So I have just purchased a new Hard Drive and would like a bit of help on what would be the easiest method to transfer everything on my old drive to the new one. I would really prefer if I didn't have to do a new installation and find ALL the drivers again.

    I am using Windows 7 Pro 64.
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  3. madtownidiot
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    What kind of computer do you have.. is it a laptop or desktop? do you have an external drive? If you have a laptop, you'll need a HDD enclosure to move your windows installation to the new HDD.
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  4. yowanvista
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    bumxbum said:
    I've noticed during the past week that my Hard Drive has been making funky noises and refuses to turn on at times. I feel it is getting close to its expiration date and can die on me any day now.

    So I have just purchased a new Hard Drive and would like a bit of help on what would be the easiest method to transfer everything on my old drive to the new one. I would really prefer if I didn't have to do a new installation and find ALL the drivers again.

    I am using Windows 7 Pro 64.
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  6. Phone Man
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    What brand of drives and what size??

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